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Join the Maker Library Network at British Council Connect ZA's InnovationZA 2015 - four weeks of creative collaboration through the arts and technology, connecting, making and creating.It's all happening at I/ZA @Ithuba, in the bustling Braamfontein, alongside the Fak’ugesi African Digital Innovation Festival in Johannesburg, 20 Aug - 12 Sep 2015.

Maker Library: Thingking - Make a Digital Portable Business Card Printer A hack for your creative business: make your own thermal printer and program it to print out random compliments or phrases. This facilitated arduino workshop is especially suitable for people in small creative businesses, with an interest in making cool things with technology.

I/ZA @Ithuba, Ithuba Arts Gallery - 100 Juta Street, ENTRANCE on Biccard Street.Maker Library Network (MLN) connects designers and makers around the world. Combining reading, showing and making, this new type of creative space encourages local and international knowledge sharing. Each Maker Library contains three key elements of a library, a make-space and a gallery, and is connected to the network via an online platform for sharing skills and resources.

This projects is supported by SA-UK Seasons 2014 & 2015, a partnership between the Department of Arts and Culture, South Africa and the British Council.